STAGNER AND DRAKE'S PARENTS WERE NEIGHBORS. DRAKE IS NOW FACING A CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE. NOW TO ANOTHER LOCAL 2 EXCLUSIVE, NEW INFORMATION FROM AN 18-YEAR-OLD RAPE CASE IN ACRES HOMES COULD HELP HOUSTON POLICE CATCH A KILLER. EVIDENCE FROM THAT CASE WAS AMONG THE MORE THAN 6,000 UNTEST RAPE KITS THAT SAT IN H.P.D.'S PROPERTY ROOM FOR YEARS. ANDY CEROTA JOINING US LIVE WITH THE EXCLUSIVE DETAILS ABOUT THIS COLD CASE AND ITS CONNECTION TO HOUSTON MURDER 21 YEARS AGO. ANDY? Reporter: BILL, THIS IS THE AREA WHERE THE BODY OF THAT MURDER VICTIM FROM 1993 WAS DISCOVERED. TONIGHT, NEW EVIDENCE HAS POLICE ONE STEP CLOSER TO CATCHING THE MAN WHO THEY BELIEVE KILLED HER, A MAN WHO THEY SAY RAPED MORE THAN ONE WOMAN AND COULD STILL BE ON THE STREETS. THEY'RE OUT THERE ON THE STREET LIVING DANGEROUSLY. Reporter: VICKIE AND TAMMY NEVER KNEW ONE ANOTHER, BUT ACCORDING TO HOUSTON POLICE, THESE TWO WOMEN WERE BEATEN AND RAPED BY THE SAME MAN. THEY DON'T JUST PUNCH ONCE; THEY WERE PUMMELLED. LANE WAS BEATEN IN 1981, AND BOLDEN IN 1996 IN ACRES HOMES. HER ATTACKER WAS NEVER CAUGHT. NOW, SOME 20 YEARS LATER, POLICE SAY THEY'RE CONVINCED THE MAN WHO RAPED BOLDEN IS THE SAME MAN WHO RAPED AND MURDERED LANE, THANKS TO A RECENT D.N.A. MATCH. POLICE SAY EVIDENCE FROM BOLDEN'S CASE WASN'T PROCESSED RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T COOPERATE WITH POLICE, SO THE RAPE KIT SAT IN THE PROPERTY ROOM UNTESTED FOR YEARS. AFTER A MATCH WAS MADE, THEY DISCOVERED THE NIGHT OF THE BEATING, BOLDEN TOLD INVESTIGATORS SHE KNEW HER ATTACKER. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS GUY IS HIS NAME IS WILLIAM AND HE WENT TO MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH HER UP IN ACRES HOMES, SO WE HAVE A SUSPECT. Reporter: NOT JUST A FIRST NAME, BUT A VAGUE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE SOME 18 YEARS AGO. THEY BELIEVE WILLIAM IS NOW IN HIS MID-40s AND MAY STILL BE ON THE STREETS. HE STILL COULD BE HERE SOMEWHERE IN HOUSTON, PROBABLY UP IN ACRES HOMES. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE OUT THERE, THIS WILL RING A BELL, GIVE ME A CALL AND WE CAN DO SOME GOOD. Reporter: TAMMY BOLDEN AND WILLIAM BOTH WENT TO ACRES HOMES SCHOOL IN THE EARLY 1980s. IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE, CALL H.P.D.'S HOMICIDE DIVISION. WE'RE LIVE IN NORTHWEST HOUSTON TONIGHT, ANDY CEROTA, KPRC LOCAL 2. ANDY, THANK YOU. POLICE, UNFORTUNATELY, ARE NOT ABLE TO QUESTION TAMMY BOLDEN

HOUSTON -

New evidence from a rape case in Acres Homes 18 years ago has Houston police one step closer to catching a killer who they say raped multiple women.

"They were out there in the street, living dangerously," said Houston police Sgt. M. Peters.

Vicki Lane and Tammie Bouldin never knew one another, but according to homicide cold case detectives, these two women were beaten and raped by the same man.

Lane was raped and killed in 1993. Construction crews discovered her body on a job site near the 7100 block of West Sam Houston Parkway. Her killer was never brought to justice.

Bouldin was beaten and raped three years later in 1996 in Acres Homes. Her attacker was never caught.

Twenty years later, police said they are convinced that the man who raped Bouldin is the same man who raped and killed Lane, thanks to a DNA match.

"She was part of our backlog," Sgt. Peters said.

Police said evidence from Bouldin's case was not processed right away because she would not cooperate with police so the rape kit sat in the property room, untested for years.

After the match was made, they discovered Bouldin told investigators the night of the beating she knew her attacker.

"What we know about this guy, his name is William and he went to middle school with her up in Acres Homes, so we have a suspect," Sgt. Peters said.

Not just a first name, but a vague description of what he looked like some 18 years ago. They believe William is now in his mid 40s and may still be on the streets.

"He still could be somewhere in Houston, probably up in Acres Homes. Hopefully someone out there, this will ring a bell and they'll give me a call and we can do some good," Peters said.

If you have any information about this case, call the Houston Police Department's Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.

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